Glenn Ferris

Born in Los Angeles in 1950, Glenn Ferris first trained in classical music before turning to jazz at an early stage with Don Ellis, whose orchestra he joined in the late 1960s. An American trombonist based in France since 1980, Glenn Ferris has built a career bridging contemporary jazz, post-bop, improvised music and stints in rock or pop, with a playing style in which the power of the brass remains linked to great rhythmic mobility. In the United States, he participates in projects by Don Ellis, Billy Cobham, George Duke or Stevie Wonder; in Europe, he has established himself on French and transnational jazz scenes, notably alongside Henri Texier, Steve Lacy, Tony Scott, the Brotherhood of Breath or the Orchestre National de Jazz. Glenn Ferris also develops his own ensembles, from trio to quintet, as well as the group BFG and the Palatino collective with Paolo Fresu, Aldo Romano and Michel Benita. His leader discography includes Flesh and Stone (1994), Face Lift (1996), Refugees (1997), Chrominance (2001), Skin Me! (2004), X Actimo! (2006) and Ferris Wheel (2009), to which Animal Love (2020) with the Glenn Ferris Italian Quintet is added. Glenn Ferris has also taught at the Conservatoire de Paris.